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Verstappen: Healthy F1 'completely wrong' to cap driver salaries

Max Verstappen says Formula 1 would be "completely wrong" to introduce a cap on driver salaries given the healthy financial state of the sport. The topic of following up F1's budget cap with a ceiling on driver salaries has been on the table for several years, with a limit of $30 million for a team's two drivers often cited as a potential starting point. But beyond the contractual complexities of introducing a retainer threshold due to drivers holding valid contacts with their teams with various durations, Verstappen argues that restraining driver salaries at a time when F1's is growing on a wave of prosperity doesn't make sense; "It's still all a bit vague as well,...
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